FREN 371 - Littérature française I: du moyen âge à la Révolution

Semester Offered: First Semester
Credits (Range): 3 hours
Attribute: 3HU, CD

This course studies the development of French literature, from its origins in the chanson de geste, a male dominated genre celebrating war, through the ‘invention’ of romantic love in courtly love literature, to the lyric voice of Renaissance poetry and the analysis of the passions in baroque and classical literature. All readings, lectures, and discussion in French. Enrollment Limit: 15.
Instructor: M. Senior
Prerequisites & Notes
Prerequisite: FREN 301 or the equivalent.